Exploring Indonesian students' perception on Mendeley Reference Management Software in academic writing

Basri, Muhammad; Patak, Andi Anto

doi:10.1109/icitacee.2015.7437761

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“…Survey research is also popularly used to find out the respondents' characteristics on certain topic or issue in a diverse group. The data of this research was taken in 2015 to find out the responses from 100 of Indonesian Mendeley users on the features of Mendeley as web based application in academic writing [16]. The researchers used weighted average 'to adjust rates and percentages for the influence of a binary confounder' [17].…”

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Taking Mendeley as Multimedia-based Application in Academic Writing

Patak¹,

Naim²,

Park³

2016

International Journal on Advanced Science, Engineering and Information Technology

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Mendeley is one of the references managers that provide web, desktop, and mobile version. This research aims at exploring the Indonesian Mendely users' preference on Mendeley use as multimedia-based application in academic writing. The researchers conducted survey research design to find data for deciding the obvious groups' characteristics on certain topic or issue in a diverse group. Data on this research was taken in 2015 to explore 100 Indonesian Mendeley users' preference on Mendeley features as web based application in academic writing. The researchers used weighted average find out rate and percentage adjusment for the influence of a binary confounder. The weighted average in this research was automatically generated by SurveyMonkey analytic. This research indicated what Mendeley features as multimedia web application for academic writing that Indonesian Mendeley users took in and out.

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Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Taking Mendeley as Multimedia-based Application in Academic Writing

Patak¹,

Naim²,

Park³

2016

International Journal on Advanced Science, Engineering and Information Technology

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“…Any reference in references at the end section of the manuscript has to be synchronized with the citation in the text in our scientific work. Irrelevant self-citations tend to be irritating as well; therefore, before adding any reference, a researcher should consider reference, which is indeed relevant to make sure the reader locates the valid source [3]. Nowadays, there are many application or software available (like Mendeley) to help the researcher manage references accurately to produce lighter scientific writing.…”

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Assessing Indonesian University Students’ Preferences on Mendeley Reference Manager for Scientific Writing

Hudriati

Rusdiah

Patak

et al. 2018

Int. J. Adv. Sci. Eng. Inf. Technol.

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Writing for scientific paper might seem a frightening task to a new researcher. This research aims at assessing the preference of Indonesian university students in Mendeley reference manager for scientific writing. This research applied survey research to find data to decide the straightforward characteristics of Indonesian Mendeley community in scientific writing. The researchers analyzed the data by using one-way tables focusing on the preferences of Mendeley features, which include citing as you read, annotate as you read, organizing your content, and access your research anywhere. This research indicated that Indonesian university students prefer to use Mendeley Word plugin, but then rather inexperienced with Bibtex export with LaTeX that entails more strict skill. This research also showed many Indonesian university students were reasonably skilled importing papers either from desktop or website. This study also indicated that Indonesian university students prefer to access Mendeley using a mobile device. This research recommends the government and scholars as well as academician to increase the scientific publication trend, with policy support as an authorized control. Mendeley could be beneficial for learners' literacy development through mostly two Mendeley features entails "cite as you read" and "annotate as you read." Mendeley as one the Reference Managers encompasses a medium to facilitate student for automatic citing and referencing the sources properly. However, the scientific environment requires a serious awareness by related stakeholders to use Mendeley wisely.

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“…The convenience offered by Mendeley allowing a researcher to be assured in creating the bibliography and the citation of an online journal article [10]- [12]. Many researchers consider that the use of online journals is very helpful and make it easier to support the activities of research.…”

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confidence: 99%